Stamp-rack.



H. MENDELSOHN\ STAMP RACK. APPLICATION FILED MAYI. 1914'.

we: ne vretsenlt or MQUINT rennet. roan,

s ea -seer;

eeann.

sr ei aee of tt er ene ratentee Get. 2. 1917.

Application filed- May. 1;, 1&14. Serial No.- 835,684.

To. aZZw/win it concern:

Be it known that I, MENDELSOHN, a-citizen of the United States, residing at Mount Vernon in the county of WVeSt heSter and State of new .Yorlghaveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Stamp: Racks, fully described and 7 represented in the following, specification and the accompanying drawings, forming a part of the same.

This invention relates to. a rack for. holds ing hand stampsorother similar articles. The. invention. aims to provide a rack for holding a numberof stamps which, while of simple and inexpensive construction, shall be convenient to. use and when attached to a bookkeepers desk or, table shall takeup. a minimum amount of space compared to, its holding capacity. A further object Of the invention is to provide a rack constructed on the unit system, each. rack unit being com.- plete in itself and two or more units being adapted to be readily connected together to provide a rack of desired capacity A f-ult understanding ofthe invention can best :be given bya detailed desoriptionof an approved form of rack made accordance with the invention and embodying the vari- 1 ous features thereof, and: such a description will now be given in connection with. the accompanying drawings, in which.:.,-..

Figurel is a front VlEhW ofa two-unit rack made in accordance with the invention;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged top or. planview of a portion of one of the rack'unitsiin the position shown in Fig. 1-;-

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a portion of one of theraokunits showing: alsothe interlocking end of one of the end supports" of a second unit separated from the first unit;

Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of the end of a rack bar lookin from the rear;

Fig. 5 is a front elevatlon of a single-unit rack in position with the .end supports extending downward from the rack bar to rest on the upper side of a table or desk or other supporting body.

Referring to the drawings, the rack as shown in Fig. 1 consists of two rack units,

which units are of similar form and construction and each of which is adapted to be used either alone as a single-unit rack or in connection with one or more others to form a multiple-unit rack having two or more superpos d ra 'hers. Each reek: na c 1 pr ses. e eer lQWhieh tends. horizontal y Whentb ra k; is ne ted f r use and s f r-me with ofspa ed recess l extend ngnward from one 11+ grtndina edg there n each r ce s s be ng or a ize and term to; conveni nt y receive and to hold th handles of the h nd. stamps orketh r a ietes t be Pnerd y: the reek.- Several su h herd stamps are shown in the d awings hens in th Suc han stamps are c mm-0 th!- ade with handles hav ng si -arse en r enele, and; re r be conveniently hung th y p ssing-a mal e part th handle int en the area gs 1 an then-allevrinethe stamp. to fa l t suppo ted hr .2 arge r iene ts; hand e coming an engagemen w th th edg s ofthe. helileg ieeess s 'The stars)? wil then be eeeu lr npnert el. a d may he emo ed by empty lift ng it tle and late: which be cutor cast or otherwise 1 formerl -with the; spa d: stamp han le e? ceiving EQCGSSQSMBXEQ t ng inward: from a longitndinal edgeer oii, such bar may, it .(iQSL IiQ E be strengthened: y means at azlengitndina lai ex ending flang or snch. as the rib mat: ts edge as. shown, or in other suitable manner. To

. lighten the. bar may .alsosbe, formed: with openings 14 between the recesses 11,, the

front edge of the bar between the recesses being most desirably not cut away but left as shown in the drawings to provide guard edges 15 between the recesses to prevent the stamp handles being inserted at the wrong places in the rack.

Extending transversely from each end of the rack bar, and best at right angles thereto and formed integral with or permanently connected thereto, is a supportlng member or leg 20, the outer end of which is formed for convenient attachment to whatever the rack is to be mounted on, as to the under side of, for example, the shelf of a bookkeepers desk as shown in Fig. 1 when the rack is to be hung below such a shelf, or

to the'top of a desk or table when the rack is to be mounted other side up as shown by Fig. 5.

To provide for connecting similar rack units together, each rack unit is formed at or adjacent the inner ends of its supports 20 with a transverse slideway or socket 21 and the outer ends of the support 20 are outwardly flanged or formed with plates 22 to slide into and fit snugly within the sockets 21 of adjacent rack units. Two or more rack units may thus be readily connected together by simply sliding the end plates 22 of the supports of one unit into the sockets oi" slideways 21 of another rack unit. 'While by thus providing each rack unit with complementary interlocking members, any two such units may be connected together either one above or below the other, obviously, however, a rack unit intended to serve only as the upper unit or one which is to serve only as the lower unit in a multiple-unit rack need be formed with only the interlocking or other connecting members or means for connection with the comple' mentary members or means of the next adjacent rack unit. The end plates 22, which might be made relatively longer if desired, are adapted to serve also as the means for attaching the rack to the desk or table,'being for this purpose formed with screw holes 25.

What is claimed is:

1. A stamp rack unit comprising a rack bar having a plurality of spaced stamp handle receiving recesses opening inward from a longitudinal edge thereof and having supporting members extending trans-- versely therefrom, and having complementary interlocking means at opposite eX- tremities of the supporting members, whereby two or more similar rack units may be connected together to form a rack having a plurality of superposed rack bars.

2. A stamp rack unit comprising a rack bar having a plurality of spaced stamp Copies of this patent may be obtained for handle receiving recesses opening einward' from a longitudinal edge thereof and having supporting means extending transversely therefrom, and having complementary connecting means at opposite eXtremi ties of the supporting means, whereby two or more similar rack units may be connected together to form a rack having a plurality of superposed rack bars.

8. A stamp rack unit comprising a rack bar having a plurality of spaced stamp handle receiving recesses opening inward from a'longitudinal edge thereof and having sup porting members extending transversely therefrom, the rack bar being provided with transverse slideways or sockets and the ends of the supporting members being flanged to fit'into the slideways or sockets of a similar rack unit.

i. A stamp rack unit comprising a rack ber being connected with one of the rack bars by interlocking means formed respectively on the supporting member and the rack bar.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HARRY MENDELSOHN.

Witnesses: I

A. L. KENT, PAUL H. FRANKIE.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

